Migrant caravan heads for US border as Democrats retake the House

A caravan of migrants is making its way north through Central America and Mexico towards the United States, with some members saying they hope last week’s midterm results will make it easier to cross. The group set off on foot from San Pedro Sula in northern Honduras on November 3, election day in the US. It was the third caravan to leave Honduras since September. Salvadorans planned to join it at the Guatemala-Mexico border. Breitbart reported that up to 500 migrants had crossed into Mexico by the weekend, a figure not yet confirmed by other outlets. “Trump is on his way out in these elections,” Jimena Morazán, 47, who is travelling with five relatives, told reporters as she left. Democrats won a sizeable majority in the House of Representatives in the midterms, but President Donald Trump remains in office, and his border policies are unchanged for now. These include a policy of zero admissions at the southern border. The Trump administration has warned it will revoke the visas of caravan organisers, who mostly coordinate through TikTok and WhatsApp. The US Embassy in Honduras said the caravans “have no chance of entering” US territory.